How do I customize the PowerShell Integrated Console prompt in VSCode on Mac?

Question

In Microsoft's VSCode, I want to customize the integrated PowerShell prompt like I can with my .bash_profile.

It appears you can edit it to your liking according to this document, but I am unsure where to save my .ps1 file with the function prompt { } , and unsure how to get VSCode to invoke it when opening a new console.

It seems every session sets up a temporary profile in Users/<username>/.config/powershell/Microsoft.VSCode_profile.ps1, but doing a ls on my ~/.config directory shows no powershell directory whatsoever. If I create the directory, will VSCode read it when I open a console?

Has anyone succeeded with this?

Output from Get-Host:

Name             : Visual Studio Code Host
Version          : 1.11.0
InstanceId       : 8d0a98e7-12e1-41b1-b27e-02879107cf00
UI               : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
CurrentCulture   : en-US
CurrentUICulture : en-US
PrivateData      : Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.EditorServicesPSHost+ConsoleColorProxy
DebuggerEnabled  : True
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace         : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace

Answer 1

Did some experimenting. Yes, create ~/.config/powershell if it doesn't exist, and save your profile in a file named exactly Microsoft.VSCode_profile.ps1

Example:

function prompt {
    "$(Get-Date) $(Resolve-Path -Relative -Path $(Get-Location))> "
}

...will return something like this if your path is /Users/<you>/Documents/powershellscripts/

03/11/2019 20:11:32 ../powershellscripts>

Answer 2

This is fully documented in the VSCode docs and on this site and all over the web.

A simple search using 'vscode custom prompt' would give the links for this use case.

It's just a function you add to your profile. I like to keep things a simple as possible, so, here mine on Windows. It's a blank prompt line with the path displayed in the GUI title bar that I use for all my profiles (PowerShell, ISE, VSCode).

Function Prompt 
{
    # get the last command from history
    $command = Get-History -Count 1

    # set it to the window title
    if ($command) 
    {
        $CurrentUser = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() 
        $principal = new-object System.Security.principal.windowsprincipal($CurrentUser)
        if ($principal.IsInRole("Administrators")) { $Role = 'Administrator: ' }
        Else { $Role = 'User: ' }

        $host.ui.rawui.WindowTitle = $Role + $PWD
    }


    # specify your custom prompt, e.g. the default PowerShell:
    " "
}

So, the above works, but in VSCode, it does not change the title bar, because that is tied to the file you have open. Yet, you are just looking at the prompt. So, this approach should get you there.

This has been covered on stackexchange as well..

How to customize the shell prompt in the VS Code terminal on macOS

Also, see the VSCode docs for more on the terminal setup / customization.

Integrated Terminal

In Visual Studio Code, you can open an integrated terminal, initially starting at the root of your workspace. This can be convenient as you don't have to switch windows or alter the state of an existing terminal to perform a quick command-line task.